MYRMIDONS Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

myrmidons

noun

plural of myrmidon

as in minions

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Noun

Just as Wolverine is surrounded, he’s saved by Mystique, who’s shape-shifted herself into one of Trask’s minions.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
One of Danhausen’s minions took out Mysterio with a flipping dive on the outside.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of minions

Noun

And as Netanyahu’s coalitions hardened Schleien’s programs became edgier, skewering Netanyahu sycophants in the Likud Party, anti-élitist demagogues, cultic settlers, and rabbinic mandarins.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026

Definition of sycophants

Noun

The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026

Definition of lackeys

Noun

After seven years of no sleep, grief, and nightmares, Suleyman finally reunites with his mother in Paradise—just as henchmen, cops, and one very bad raid drag him back into hell.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

Definition of henchmen

Noun

Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.

— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026

Definition of toadies

Noun

Xi’s brand of resentful nationalism, meanwhile, comes with a strong anti-American streak, and security apparatchiks see CIA spies everywhere.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity.

— Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of apparatchiks

Noun

The park attracts Dolly acolytes from around the world and is also a major source of revenue for the region.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Two of her longtime video-art acolytes, David and Piper Cort, became her caregivers, inviting her to live in a trailer on their property in Massachusetts.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of acolytes

Noun

Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.

— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos.

— Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026

Definition of lickspittles

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